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1. North Shore Rescue’s 50th Anniversary. The VIMFF Community Award will be awarded in memoriam to Tim Jones, long-term president of North Shore Rescue, at the opening (Centennial Theatre, Feb. 13) night of the 18th edition of the VIMFF.

He would be a priest. John Brian Patrick Quinn was 13 years old and he had made up his mind. Of course, he changed it several times. He decided later on to become a worker for the steel company, then an entrepreneur, then part-owner of a car dealership, then a lawyer.

A new tour of Granville Island satisfies your hunger for food while quenching your thirst for history. The 38-acre site on the south shore of False Creek attracts some 10 million visitors a year, making it the second most-visited tourist attraction in Canada behind the perennial leader, Niagara Falls. Of those 10 million visits, some 85 per cent are locals who know all too well the attraction of the island's public market.

One week after going "younger than young" in the opening leg of the Amway Canadian championship semifinal in Toronto, Vancouver Whitecaps coach Carl Robinson won't come back with a full high chair-and-rattle-set lineup Wednesday at BC Place Stadium in the return leg.

The teams are set; let the pre-game banter begin! It’s Super Bowl time again, and fundamental to all the analysis and coverage will be the betting line, the prop bets, and the over/under. Yes, the wagering, which will be significant.

Most fight fans know the basic narrative of how Ultimate Fighting Championship survived to see its 20th birthday. But what about some of the lost or rarely-told stories since opening night in Denver on Nov. 12, 1993? Let’s revisit a few …

Volunteers who work with children and vulnerable adults will no longer have to pay to have criminal record checks. B.C. Attorney-General Suzanne Anton made the announcement Saturday at the Killarney oval in east Vancouver, where her backdrop was a field teeming with young soccer players.

Volunteers who work with children and vulnerable adults will no longer have to pay to have mandatory criminal record checks.
Using a Killarney field teeming with young soccer players in east Vancouver as a backdrop, B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton made the announcement on Saturday.

If you have a bucket list, a visit to the spectacular Iguacu Falls on the Brazil-Argentina-Paraguay border ought to be on it. Named one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature in 2011, these incredibly powerful waterfalls are so spectacular you'll be transported into a suspended state of awe from the moment you set eyes on them.